Agenda
North Lanarkshire Council · 8 September 2022
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AGENDA (1) Declarations of Interest in terms of the Ethical Standards in Public Life Etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 YEAR-END ITEMS (2) Internal Audit Annual Report 2021-22 (page 5 - 18) Submit report by the Head of Audit and Risk informing that the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards and the Council's Internal Audit Charter require the Head of Audit and Risk to provide the Panel, the Chief Executive, and the Corporate Management Team, with an annual summary of the work undertaken by Internal Audit, and also to provide an annual independent opinion on the Council's corporate governance, risk management and internal control arrangements (copy herewith) (3) Annual Governance Statement 2021/22 (page 19 - 40) Submit report by the Head of Business and Digital presenting the Annual Governance Statement for consideration of the Panel (copy herewith) (4) Unaudited Annual Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2022 (page 41 - 166) Submit report by the Head of Financial Solutions (1) informing the Panel that the unaudited accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022 were completed and submitted to Audit Scotland by 30 June 22 in accordance with the statutory deadline (copy herewith) AUDIT RELATED ITEMS (5) External Audit Annual Plan 2021-22 (page 167 - 188) Submit report by the Head of Audit and Risk enabling the Council's appointed external auditors, Audit Scotland, to present to the Panel, a document setting out their planned audit activities and how they intend to discharge their responsibilities, as laid out in Audit Scotland's Code of Audit Practice and relevant International Standards on Auditing, for the audit of the Council for the year-ending 31 March 2022 (copy herewith) (6) Internal Audit Progress Report (page 189 - 256) Submit report by the Head of Audit and Risk (1) providing an overview of Internal Audit activity, and (2) reporting the results of Internal Audit outputs finalised since the last update to the Panel in March 2022 (copy herewith) (7) Internal Audit: Follow-Up of Actions previously agreed by Management in response to Audit Recommendations (page 257 - 270) Submit report by the Head of Audit and Risk updating the Panel on the results of Internal Audit's follow-up work reviewing the extent to which management have implemented actions previously committed to in response to previous Internal and External Audit recommendations (copy herewith) (8) Internal Audit Annual Plan 2022-23 (page 271 - 330) Submit report by the Head of Audit and Risk presenting the proposed internal Audit Plan 2022- 23 to members of the Panel for their consideration and approval (copy herewith)
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2 RISK MANAGEMENT RELATED ITEMS (9) Risk Management Update and Corporate Risk Register 2022-23 (page 331 - 346) Submit report by the Head of Audit and Risk providing the Panel with (1) a general update on key risk management developments, with a particular focus on the results of the recent annual review of the corporate risk register, and (2) a proposed timetable for future reporting on key corporate risks (copy herewith) SCRUTINY RELATED ITEMS (10) Strategic Governance Framework - Annual Review and Refresh (page 347 - 392) Submit report by the Head of Business and Digital (1) acknowledging the annual review which has been undertaken to refresh the Strategic Governance Framework, and that a review programme would be updated at an appropriate interval and reported to the relevant Committee, (2) continuing to carry out their role in respect of the Strategic Governance Framework, in term of providing independent assurance to the Council and those Charged with Governance on the adequacy of the Council's risk management framework and internal control environment, and (3) seeking approval of the refreshed Strategic Governance Framework (copy herewith) (11) Scrutiny Work Programme (page 393 - 400) Submit report by the Head of Business and Digital providing an update to the assessment and prioritisation process previously approved in 2018 to establish a work programme for the scrutiny function of the Audit and Scrutiny Panel (copy herewith) (12) Arm's Length External Organisations: Governance and Risk Management: Oversight and Assurance Report 2022/23 (Programme of Work 75.1 - part 2) (page 401 - 418) Submit report by the Head of Business and Digital providing an overview of the ALEO landscape and the performance and financial monitoring safeguards that are in place to provide such assurance (copy herewith)